The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-18
THE UNIVERSITY AND FREE UITIOH ITS
BEST FRIENDS, ITS BITTEREST EhcmlS

BEST FRIENDS, ITS BIT IERtSi thcm is.
/, seems to US tLat the would be
friends of tie university are about
to over-reach themselves. We tel
them now cordially that the pool l.
will put an end to free tuition al
Chapel Hill o- they will pat an end
to Chapel Hill. Our people will not
submit much longer to being taxed t.
run a free school at Chapel Hjn
under tn name and pretex Of
university. One of two things must
be done ami that not more than q
thousand years in the fu'ure.
Chapel Hill must either be a III
iyersitl or cO:.mOn free school
If it i, TO he a common free school,
then we insist that three first class
common school teachers are
sufficient to run the school and t! al
lent salary ard that the 20 ode
thousand dollars appropriation ough'
to he withheld from this comm O.
old field school unless the legisla;
ure is prepared to make aPpropri-
alton ON tie same footiI 6 to all h
other free schools of the S ale. We
would like for some one to t. Ii Us
why thirty thousand dollars should
he col'erted from the tax payers OF
North CarOiina tU run q free schOO
In OraC &c county ct Chapel Hill.
Why should a free school in Orange
county have thirty thousand dollars
a3vanta e over any other free schoo.
in the State. If Chapel Hill is To Il,
q free school let 1t be a free school
to all the children of the State anU
Tut it on the free school basis. But
if it is to be an University. let it ge,
up IN ah University basis, We arr
unable to see how Chapel Hill Cal
he beth a free school and an UE,
iversity. Let it drop one or til
other feature. If it is to he tr, [
school, let 1t he run as a free schor..
II II is to be an University, let 1t b,
constructed as an University. "
will never oppose a inst and reason
ahle appropriation to make the u
iNcrsity en- honor and credit to til,
State, and put it ON a level with any
IN versity in the United States Ma
We would be proud 10 see it stai,.
first in the cat: lOgue Of the grr:,
Institutions of learning and will az,
al In our power to place it IN tn
ont rank and on the highest noun
f learning. But before It can e,el
81 tain an eminent position amons
the universities of the land it mus
advance from the confines and terri
tory Of our common old field schools
Its friends had better take warnlna
an see to it that the present OIL /,
give three free sci o arships to eac}
county now pending shall not he
come law AID that the law givii.
one he repealed Tajs will dome t
to build up the university and make
it an honor to the State than any
other one Thing that can he don.
Repe"I the free Sc cot section of t :
law,ani stop the b n of contention
It friends O. the university s:,
''Lhis cry about free tuition" is ,
mean preteX far the enemies to har,
upon. Well admit it, Then remo,,
tie prctex and make them show
their true col0rs or keep>siIent. Re-
peal this odieus and abOminable law
which Is contrary to the spirit anc
Intent OF the con tItution, III lust
and ineqIitable to the taxpayers ii
you believe the enemies OF the I'm,
iversitY are using it as a pretex anC
covert to aght the university, anC
you at once extract the fangs of il:
enemies and render them powerIes.
and harmless. This to us seems Il {
wise course to pursue. 1t can no,
damage the university under an,
circumstances but may do it mucl
gOod.lts friends now have splendis
opportunity to remove the hone o.
contention, to extinguish the fire
brand, to cool the hot shot to still
the troubled waters, and above all tc
place the university upon a firm
foundation from which the mad
boisterous political seas and demon
inatienal storms can not move it
Elace your free schools at the poor
boys door sill, and your university
at Chapel Hill.